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Four rounds left in this Fanex Deal.

Nothing exciting to report this time around. Sorry.

I just selected Byron Leftwich as my third quarterback. That’s the weakest position on my team, so I think there’s a chance there will be some weeks that Leftwich outperforms Roethlisberger and Garrard.

I have only four roster spots left, I so believe all of my remaining selections will be used on kickers and defenses. Definitely can’t carry fewer than two defenses in a best-ball format. And it would be a big risk to go with just one kicker. There are, however, a few noteworthy players who haven’t been selected – Mark Bradley, Johnnie Lee Higgins and Earl Bennett, among others. I definitely like all three of those receivers, but I would hate to have my kicker get hurt in the preseason and lose 110 points there.


2009 FANEX ANALYSIS DRAFT

  1.01  RB  Adrian Peterson (Dolfi)
  1.02  RB  Michael Turner (Cannon)
  1.03  RB  Maurice Jones-Drew (Pitzer)
  1.04  RB  LaDainian Tomlinson (Kellogg)
  1.05  RB  Matt Forte (Davis)
  1.06  RB  Steven Jackson (Cahill)
  1.07  RB  Chris Johnson (Holm)
  1.08  RB  Frank Gore (Hulett)
  1.09  RB  DeAngelo Williams (O'Leary)
  1.10  RB  Brian Westbrook (Rito)
  1.11  WR  Larry Fitzgerald (Cannon)
  1.12  RB  Steve Slaton (Harmon)
  2.01  WR  Randy Moss (Harmon)
  2.02  WR  Steve Smith (Allan)
  2.03  WR  Andre Johnson (Rito)
  2.04  RB  Clinton Portis (O'Leary)
  2.05  RB  Darren McFadden (Hulett)
  2.06  WR  Calvin Johnson (Holm)
  2.07  RB  Brandon Jacobs (Cahill)
  2.08  RB  Marion Barber (Davis)
  2.09  QB  Tom Brady (Kellogg)
  2.10  WR  Reggie Wayne (Pitzer)
  2.11  WR  Wes Welker (Allan)
  2.12  RB  Ronnie Brown (Dolfi)
  3.01  WR  Roddy White (Dolfi)
  3.02  QB  Drew Brees (Cannon)
  3.03  RB  Ryan Grant (Pitzer)
  3.04  WR  Terrell Owens (Kellogg)
  3.05  QB  Peyton Manning (Cahill)
  3.06  RB  Knowshon Moreno (Cannon)
  3.07  WR  Greg Jennings (Hulett)
  3.08  RB  Marshawn Lynch (O'Leary)
  3.09  WR  Dwayne Bowe (Davis)
  3.10  WR  Marques Colston (Rito)
  3.11  RB  Reggie Bush (Allan)
  3.12  RB  Derrick Ward (Harmon)
  4.01  WR  T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Harmon)
  4.02  WR  Anthony Gonzalez (Allan)
  4.03  WR  Anquan Boldin (Rito)
  4.04  TE  Antonio Gates (TE) (O'Leary)
  4.05  WR  Brandon Marshall (Hulett)
  4.06  RB  Kevin Smith (Holm)
  4.07  RB  Larry Johnson (Cahill)
  4.08  WR  Braylon Edwards (Davis)
  4.09  RB  Beanie Wells (Kellogg)
  4.10  WR  Roy Williams (Pitzer)
  4.11  TE  Jason Witten (TE) (Holm)
  4.12  RB  Julius Jones (Dolfi)
  5.01  QB  Aaron Rodgers (Dolfi)
  5.02  WR  Chad Ochocinco (Allan)
  5.03  QB  Philip Rivers (Pitzer)
  5.04  WR  Vincent Jackson (Kellogg)
  5.05  WR  Santonio Holmes (Davis)
  5.06  TE  Tony Gonzalez (TE) (Cahill)
  5.07  RB  Pierre Thomas (Holm)
  5.08  RB  Jonathan Stewart (Hulett)
  5.09  QB  Jay Cutler (O'Leary)
  5.10  QB  Kurt Warner (Rito)
  5.11  RB  LenDale White (Allan)
  5.12  QB  Tony Romo (Harmon)
  6.01  RB  Thomas Jones (Harmon)
  6.02  RB  Cedric Benson (Allan)
  6.03  RB  Joseph Addai (Rito)
  6.04  WR  DeSean Jackson (O'Leary)
  6.05  QB  Matt Ryan (Hulett)
  6.06  WR  Antonio Bryant (Holm)
  6.07  WR  Eddie Royal (Cahill)
  6.08  QB  Matt Schaub (Davis)
  6.09  TE  Dallas Clark (TE) (Kellogg)
  6.10  WR  Santana Moss (Pitzer)
  6.11  WR  Jerricho Cotchery (Cannon)
  6.12  WR  Lee Evans (Dolfi)
  7.01  WR  Donnie Avery (Dolfi)
  7.02  QB  Donovan McNabb (Holm)
  7.03  RB  Jamal Lewis (Pitzer)
  7.04  WR  Derrick Mason (Kellogg)
  7.05  QB  Matt Cassel (Davis)
  7.06  WR  Hines Ward (Cahill)
  7.07  WR  Bernard Berrian (Holm)
  7.08  WR  Devery Henderson (Hulett)
  7.09  RB  Willie Parker (Rito)
  7.10  QB  Ben Roethlisberger (Allan)
  7.11  WR  Donald Driver (Harmon)
  7.12  WR  Torry Holt (Harmon)
  8.01  RB  Ray Rice (Allan)
  8.02  TE  Owen Daniels (TE) (Rito)
  8.03  WR  Steve Breaston (O'Leary)
  8.04  WR  Kevin Walter (O'Leary)
  8.05  WR  Laveranues Coles (Hulett)
  8.06  RB  Willis McGahee (Holm)
  8.07  WR  Michael Crabtree (Cahill)
  8.08  WR  Lance Moore (Cannon)
  8.09  WR  Steve Smith (Kellogg)
  8.10  QB  Carson Palmer (Pitzer)
  8.11  TE  John Carlson (TE) (Davis)
  8.12  RB  Tim Hightower (Dolfi)
  9.01  WR  Ted Ginn (Dolfi)
  9.02  QB  David Garrard (Allan)
  9.03  WR  Kevin Curtis (Pitzer)
  9.04  RB  Donald Brown (Kellogg)
  9.05  RB  Felix Jones (Davis)
  9.06  RB  Rashard Mendenhall (Cahill)
  9.07  RB  Darren Sproles (Holm)
  9.08  RB  LeRon McClain (Hulett)
  9.09  WR  Devin Hester (O'Leary)
  9.10  QB  Matt Hasselbeck (Rito)
  9.11  RB  Leon Washington (Allan)
  9.12  RB  Shonn Greene (Harmon)
10.01  QB  Trent Edwards (Harmon)
10.02  TE  Kellen Winslow (TE) (Cannon)
10.03  RB  Chester Taylor (Rito)
10.04  QB  Eli Manning (O'Leary)
10.05  TE  Chris Cooley (TE) (Hulett)
10.06  QB  Kyle Orton (Holm)
10.07  WR  Plaxico Burress (Cahill)
10.08  WR  Miles Austin (Davis)
10.09  WR  Mark Clayton (Kellogg)
10.10  TE  Greg Olsen (TE) (Pitzer)
10.11  RB  Fred Taylor (Cannon)
10.12  QB  Shaun Hill (Dolfi)
11.01  WR  Justin Gage (Dolfi)
11.02  WR  Hakeem Nicks (Cannon)
11.03  RB  Jerious Norwood (Pitzer)
11.04  WR  Nate Burleson (Kellogg)
11.05  RB  Fred Jackson (Davis)
11.06  QB  Joe Flacco (Cahill)
11.07  QB  Jason Campbell (Holm)
11.08  QB  Marc Bulger (Hulett)
11.09  ST  Pittsburgh (O'Leary)
11.10  TE  Zach Miller (TE) (Rito)
11.11  TE  Brent Celek (TE) (Allan)
11.12  WR  Patrick Crayton (Harmon)
12.01  RB  LeSean McCoy (Harmon)
12.02  WR  Muhsin Muhammad (Allan)
12.03  WR  Chris Chambers (Rito)
12.04  RB  Ricky Williams (O'Leary)
12.05  WR  Greg Camarillo (Hulett)
12.06  RB  Laurence Maroney (Davis)
12.06  WR  Domenik Hixon (Holm)
12.07  WR  Chris Henry (Cahill)
12.09  WR  Kenny Britt (Kellogg)
12.10  RB  Ahmad Bradshaw (Allan)
12.11  TE  Jeremy Shockey (TE) (Cannon)
12.12  QB  Chad Pennington (Dolfi)
13.01  RB  Earnest Graham (Dolfi)
13.02  RB  Jamaal Charles (Cannon)
13.03  WR  Darrius Heyward-Bey (Pitzer)
13.04  QB  Jake Delhomme (Kellogg)
13.05  WR  Percy Harvin (Davis)
13.06  WR  Bobby Engram (Cahill)
13.07  WR  Jeremy Maclin (Holm)
13.08  WR  Michael Jenkins (Hulett)
13.09  WR  Isaac Bruce (O'Leary)
13.10  ST  Baltimore  (Rito)
13.11  WR  Deion Branch (Pitzer)
13.12  TE  Visanthe Shiancoe (TE) (Harmon)
14.01  QB  Brett Favre (Harmon)
14.02  RB  Sammy Morris (Pitzer)
14.03  ST  Minnesota  (Rito)
14.04  WR  Antwaan Randle El (O'Leary)
14.05  RB  Kevin Faulk (Hulett)
14.06  ST  Dallas (Davis)
14.07  TE  Dustin Keller (TE) (Cahill)
14.08  QB  JaMarcus Russell (Cannon)
14.09  RB  Justin Fargas (Kellogg)
14.10  TE  Heath Miller (TE) (Allan)
14.11  TE  Tony Scheffler (TE) (Davis)
14.12  TE  Anthony Fasano (TE) (Dolfi)
15.01  ST  Philadelphia (Dolfi)
15.02  ST  NY Giants (Cannon)
15.03  TE  Vernon Davis (TE) (Pitzer)
15.04  RB  Michael Bush (Kellogg)
15.05  RB  Brandon Jackson (Cannon)
15.06  PK  Stephen Gostkowski (Cahill)
15.07  TE  Kevin Boss (TE) (Holm)
15.08  TE  Todd Heap (TE) (Hulett)
15.09  PK  David Akers (O'Leary)
15.10  QB  Kerry Collins (Rito)
15.11  QB  Byron Leftwich (Allan)

This draft can be followed at myfantasyleague.com.

To read the reasoning for each pick by each expert, click here.

Overview of rules: Each team drafts 20 players. Starts QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, K, D and one flex player (RB-WR-TE). 6 points for TDs, 4 for TD passes, 1 for every 20 passing yards, 1 for every 10 run/rec yards, 1 for every reception. No free agent pickups – what you draft is what you get. No starting lineups – lineups tabulated via “best ball” methods. No head-to-head games; highest total points after 17 weeks is the winner.


-Ian Allan

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